March 28, 2024

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Florida hurricane season 2021: The good news and bad news

The good news: More than a quarter of Florida's homes have been built or remodeled according to the tougher statewide building codes... Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

The Chinese government calls paying U.S. researchers ‘talent recruitment' but is it intellectual espionage?

Several researchers in Florida have handed over work funded by American taxpayers. Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

Karen Bell is a Florida Icon

What we do is so important. We feed people. It makes me proud just to be part of it. Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

Climate First Bank plans to supercharge solar loan products

After selling the first bank he started in 2006, Ken LaRoe and his wife bought a small motor home and traveled across country... Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

Full Sail & Orlando Health collaborate on e-sports health research and care

Full Sail University opened the largest e-sports arena in the country, now a partnership with Orlando Health brings care to "the Fortress." Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

What happened in Texas raises questions about Florida's power system

After the 2021 Texas power grid failure, questions arise about Florida's power grid, but there are differences. Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

Labor Pains

U.S. birth rates peaked in 1990 and have fallen below the rate at which our society can replace those who age out of the workforce. Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

EMILY devices transport flotation devices to struggling swimmers

Panama City Beach lifeguards will get some extra help this summer. Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

Brick Street Farms grows hydroponic lettuces in converted shipping containers

Shannon O'Malley says it was easy to tend a vegetable garden in Pittsburgh, where she grew up... Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

Palm Beach County's new food hall is a dining destination

Local developer Craig Menin's opening of the Delray Beach Market, a 150,000-sq.-ft., $60-million food hall and parking deck... Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

A longtime touts the climate benefits of undeveloped land

Jim Strickland's advice to fellow ranchers interested in combating climate change is simple: Stay in business. Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

U.N. panel casts doubt on dire hurricane season storm warnings

Hurricane season inevitably brings speculation on whether climate change is making the storm season worse. Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

Case Files: Researchers arrested over ties to China

A look at NOAA scientist Chunzai Wang and others... Read more »
Published on 5/26/2021

JaxPort's deepening project is already paying off

The project calls for deepening Jacksonville's shipping channel from the current 40-foot depth to 47 feet. Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

Miami-based PADL's self-serve paddleboards

In 2019, Key Biscayne native Felipe Jauregui and two childhood friends, Andres Avello and Khalil Khouri, launched Miami-based PADL... Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

A project at Port Tampa Bay creates a habitat for birds

A busy port unavoidably creates environmental impacts — and it's Chris Cooley's job at Port Tampa Bay to minimize those impacts. Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

PortMiami is moving ahead with $280 million in projects

Amid uncertainty over when the cruise industry will rebound from COVID-19, work is underway on expanding and upgrading cruise facilities at PortMiami. Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

Laura Kelley of the Central Florida Expressway Authority talks expressway projects

When COVID-19 hit last year, the Central Florida Expressway Authority took advantage of the slower traffic... Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

Orlando's new south terminal blends high-tech systems with Florida ambience

Carl Langford, who was mayor of Orlando from 1967 to 1980 and was instrumental in securing the land where Orlando International Airport... Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

A perspective on mobility law

Florida's young people and especially professionals want to live in town, and live, work and recreate in the same place... Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

Public transit is still recovering

During the pandemic, Clinton Forbes, executive director for Palm Tran, the Palm Beach County transit agency, has seen transit use fall 50%. Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

Jack Payne is a Florida Icon

The No. 1 challenge in Florida is climate change, sea-level rise. There's research being done in South Florida... Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

E-games draw a cadre of aspiring announcers and colorful commentators

A few hours before he goes to work, Gus Domingues preps his signature red hair, carefully shaping and poofing his 'do just so. Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

Construction underway for 334 - St. Petersburg's tallest building

Located at 334 Second St. S., the 24-story, 220-residential building in downtown St. Petersburg will be named 334. Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

An Update on Self-Driving Technology

While a future of autonomous vehicles that pick up passengers in their driveways for the commute to work or a night on the town is years away... Read more »
Published on 4/28/2021

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Structural technology keeps Skyway Bridge safe from mass destruction
Structural technology keeps Skyway Bridge safe from mass destruction

USF marine scientist Mark Luther, says dozens of concrete barriers protecting the bridge from collision is just the beginning of an ongoing effort to keep it safe.

 

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